Constituency
78. Kumta
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-KUMTA
JDS 28.8%won by 0.0%INC 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS), which now leads by 0.0%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.5% between them, down from 64.2% — the field split more ways.
- Knife-edgeDecided by 20 votes (0.02%) — among the closest results anywhere.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,07,065
Margin
20
0.02%
Candidates
8 contested · winner JDS- 1DINAKAR KESHAV SHETTYJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS30,79228.8%
- 2MOHAN KRISHNA SHETTYIndian National Congress · INC30,77228.7%
- 3SHASHIBHUSHAN HEGDEBharatiya Janata Party · BJP30,20128.2%
- 4GANESH GANAPATHI HEGDESamajwadi Party · SP8,6248.1%
- 5SHET SAVITRI SHRIDHARIndependent · IND2,8542.7%
- 6G. NATHAKUMAR GOWDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,8191.7%
- 7TIPPAYYA NAGAPPA NAIKRAHS · RAHS1,0110.9%
- 8BHANDARI SADANANDIndependent · IND9920.9%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JDSflipped
- JDS–INC swing
- +5.8%
- JDS share
- 28.0% → 28.8%
- INC share
- 33.8% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- — → —